To develop pieces and pawns towards the centre where they can control the maximum number of squares.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
” Chess is most certainly not my life.”
Tony Miles
I personally believe that Karpov should have been more generous with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Kirsan is the only president in the history of FIDE, and maybe in the history of all international federations, who has contributed dozens of million dollars for the sport he loves. By the way, some of these millions went directly to Anatoly’s pocket…
George Makropoulos 2005
First of all, I am a mother, and only then a chessplayer
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 2009
The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.
Savielly Tartakower
Parapsychology? That’s a bunch of bananas. Korchnoi believes in that. He is still playing his game with the ghost of Geza Maroczy.
Nathan Divinsky 2004